I took my son to visit my husband, the commander, but the guard blocked us at the gate and said, “His girlfriend is inside the unit. No visitors!” I covered my son’s ears, called my second brother, and

to the lobby without reading the card.

He mailed Ethan a model aircraft carrier. Olivia allowed Ethan to keep it after inspecting the package herself.

He sent an email titled For Our Family.

He wrote about stress, loneliness, command expectations, temptation, and regret. Ethan appeared in the seventh paragraph.

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